Storyline:With his on 24 March 1975 fought boxing match against Muhammad Ali, the name Chuck Wepner came to the general public. The outsider held out for 15 laps against the champ, until he finally found himself in the K.O. had to surrender. One of the spectators of this fight was scriptwriter and actor Sylvester Stallone, who took the unequal duel as a model for his later rise to the milestone of sports film history "Rocky". This fictionalization of his self also had an impact on the life of "real Rocky," Chuck Wepner (Liev Schreiber). After his fight against Ali, the boxer suddenly finds himself in a situation in which his public image is overshadowed by that of a movie character - by far. Chuck has to come to terms with the fact that his moments in the limelight are finally a thing of the past ...